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Caramel Filled Chocolate Cookies

Chewy, sweet, and just plain addicting, these Caramel Filled Chocolate Cookies are a family favorite! Extra sugar and walnuts on top make them even more decadent!

Hello everyone!

With the exception of my post on Tuesday (celebrating my 2 year blogiversary) you may have been wondering where I’ve been the last three weeks!

Well the first two weeks Matt was here visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday. I knew one week I wasn’t going to have anything, but the other week I was supposed to be sharing a very special sponsored post with you. Unfortunately that has been delayed until early next year, so I had no recipe to share! With Matt here we were so busy that I just didn’t have any time!

Then, the day before he left, I got Hand Foot and Mouth disease.

That stuff is no joke.

That gave me some of the worst pain I have ever been in. I could barely speak for a week and was only able to eat things that I could swallow (ie overcooked pasta, soup, Spaghetti O’s, and mashed potatoes…oh, and pudding). It really was terrible. For anyone who is experiencing it right now I am so sorry! {Here, look at cookies to make you feel better}

Well 2 weeks later I’m finally starting to feel better. I still have some pain by my molars but it isn’t nearly as bad as it was. Thank goodness.

As soon as I started feeling better I was itching to get back in the kitchen. After all, I hadn’t cooked anything in forever! That’s when I started my journey to try making 4 different batches of Christmas cookies to send to Matt as well as to enjoy myself. (Were you following that on Instagram?)

And that is what has lead me here today- to share an AWESOME cookie recipe with you all. And can I let you in on a little secret?

I’ve shared it on GEAR before.

Yes, you may have missed it because it was the second post ever that I made for Go Eat and Repeat. In the spirit of celebrating my two year blogiversary, I decided to remake one of my earliest recipes- Caramel Filled Chocolate Cookies.

These cookies are delicious. The chewy chocolate cookie is rolled in course sugar and walnuts for an added crunch. Then as you are chewing the cookie you bite into the delectable caramel center which makes the whole cookie even more amazing.

And the fun thing for me is to look back at my original post and see how much I’ve grown. What a difference two years make, eh?

Chewy, sweet, and just plain addicting, these Caramel Filled Chocolate Cookies are a family favorite! Extra sugar and walnuts on top make them even more decadent!

Author: Go Eat and Repeat

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 36

Ingredients

2¼ cups all purpose flour

¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup lightly packed brown sugar

1 cup white granulated sugar

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1¼ cup chopped walnuts, divided

36 Rolo chewy caramels, unwrapped

3 tbs. white granulated sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

In a medium bowl mix together flour, cocoa powder and baking soda. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl beat both sugars and softened butter until creamy and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time to the sugar mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

With the blender on low speed, gradually add in flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Fold in ½ cup chopped walnuts and mix to combine.

In a small dish, mix remaining ¾ cup walnuts with 3 tbs white sugar.

To prepare the cookies, scoop dough into 1 to 1½ tbs sized balls. Indent center of dough balls with your finger and place in one unwrapped Rolo candy. Roll dough balls in hands until the Rolo is completely covered in dough.

Gently roll prepared dough ball in the walnut-sugar mixture. Move prepared dough balls to the prepared baking sheet. Place dough two inches apart on the baking sheet. Repeat with all remaining dough balls.

Bake cookies 9 to 12 minutes or until set and slightly cracked. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for approximately 2 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool. Store in an airtight container.

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